"Our partnerships with the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of
Justice, state and local law enforcement, and consumer protection agencies
should reassure the American public there are dedicated professionals working
as a team to protect the citizens of this great country and putting criminals
in jail," said Chief Postal Inspector Lee Heath.S.

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Earlier today in the State of Florida -- where one of the largest
investigations was focused -- Postal Inspectors obtained and served arrest and
search warrants to more than a dozen fraudulent business-scheme operators. But Postal Inspectors have unique investigative tools
to disrupt these fraud schemes through the use of criminal and civil powers.

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U.S. Marshals ''Operation FALCON'' Breaks All Records for Fugitive Arrests

"By taking
violent fugitives off the streets and putting them behind bars where
they belong ," said General Gonzalez, "we've honored the victims in a
way never realized before and made our streets safer.
Mail," said Chief Inspector Heath."

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Marshals
and their law enforcement partners arrested a total of 10,340
fugitives, and cleared more than 13,800 felony warrants."
Citigroup 's involvement with the NDAA is the latest of many
innovative steps the company has taken since the late 1980s to protect
consumers and the card payment and financial services industry from
those who commit identity theft and fraud.

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Over the seven days, Deputy U."
Operation FALCON task force members also handled cases referred by
the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, as well as
those of foreign fugitives believed to be in this country. The
Marshals Service received support from the Department of Justice's
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF).
"We appreciate the NDAA's commitment to protecting consumers from
ID thieves," said Ronni Burns, Director of Business Practices for Citi
Cards, a division of Citigroup.

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S."
"During Operation FALCON, nearly 960 federal, state, and local
agencies helped identify thousands of the nation's most dangerous
fugitives ."
Operation FALCON coincided with the beginning of the U.

Business Editors/Banking Writers /Government Writers

NEW YORK----In a new collaboration
with the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), Citigroup
(NYSE:C) will work with state and local prosecutors nationwide to
develop new strategies for the arrest and prosecution of identity
thieves. "Together, Citigroup and the NDAA have
taken that commitment to a new level by encouraging more collaboration
between leading financial institutions and law enforcement.
According to Chief Inspector Heath, fraudulent business opportunities are
just one of the many scams that continue to jeopardize the financial security
of the American public.

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Citigroup Teams with State and Local Prosecutors to Lock Up ID Thieves

Additional information may be found at www. Project Biz Opp Flop Results in More Than 200
Civil and Criminal Actions Against Perpetrators of Fraudulent
Money-Making Schemes in 13 States

WASHINGTON, The U.S.

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Operation FALCON's accomplishments included 201 drug seizures and
the confiscation of 243 guns.
Department of Justice's "National Crime Victims ' Rights Week. Other major financial
institutions are also participating."

Established in 1950 , NDAA was formed in response to crime and the
need for community protection.

U.S. Postal Inspectors Federal Trade Commission Department of Justice Dismantle Business-Opportunity Scams

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"Fraud is big business, so we also have an obligation and responsibility
to educate the American public to help prevent consumers from becoming victims
of fraudulent schemes," said Chief Inspector Heath .

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"This operation would not
have been possible without the cooperation of our law enforcement
partners on the federal, state, and local levels.

The new partnership augments the company's
industry -leading efforts in fraud prevention, detection, assistance
and education.
Two weeks ago, during National Consumer Protection Week, the Inspection
Service and the U.
Fraud-prevention advertisements placed in newspapers and magazines, along
with information posted on the Inspection Service Web site , reached more than
30 million consumers.

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Sixteen
foreign and international fugitives who were arrested during Operation
FALCON now face deportation or extradition proceedings.
For more than 20 years, Citigroup has worked closely with law
enforcement to arrest and prosecute those involved with these types of
crimes. Major
brand names under Citigroup's trademark red umbrella include Citibank,
CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney, Banamex, and Travelers Life
and Annuity.
"Postal Inspectors have consistently met the challenges presented by those
who would take advantage of the trust, confidence, and security of the U.

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" During
his remarks announcing the results of Operation FALCON, the Attorney
General praised the efforts of the participating agencies. Interpol and the
Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service assisted in the
investigations of persons wanted by law enforcement worldwide. Other Citigroup detection and prevention measures include:

groundbreaking efforts to educate consumers

a free, in-house victim assistance program -- Citi Identity
Theft Solutions -- with a 98 percent customer satisfaction
rate

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a pioneering merchant-data-compromise detection process

These and other programs are part of Citigroup's commitment to
protecting and educating consumers.
"We are proud of our efforts to provide products, services,
education and protection to all of our customers," said Burns.citigroup . "Through strong law enforcement actions,
consumer education, and law enforcement partnerships, we have the key
components of a well-balanced strategy to protect the American public and
their financial security.

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Establishing the truth, ensuring that justice
prevails and protecting victims of crime is the mantra of those who
serve as our local prosecutors.

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A five-minute B-roll video
package will be distributed via satellite on April 14 at 2:30 pm EDT
(11:30 am PDT) and 4:45 pm EDT (1:45 pm PDT), at these C-Band
coordinates: IA 6 T-15, Downlink Frequency: 4000 V 93 degrees WL.
"Identity theft cost consumers, businesses and financial
institutions billions of dollars last year," said Steve Cooley, Los
Angeles County District Attorney and NDAA Board member. This comprehensive
repository of expertise and experience focused exclusively on the
complex challenges of identity crimes can significantly enhance
prosecution of identity crimes across the U. NDAA is the nation 's
only organization representing local prosecuting attorneys who handle
about 95% of all criminal cases and 99% of cases involving violent
crime in America.com

Project Biz Opp Flop -- which involved federal agents, police officers,
and U.

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S. Marshals Service
successfully completed the largest fugitive apprehension operation in
American history.
In fact, Postal Inspectors have arrested 28 individuals in these types of
fraud schemes who victimized more than 140,000 consumers with estimated losses
exceeding $73 million. Postal Service Office of Consumer Affairs launched a
national fraud-prevention campaign focusing on work-at-home schemes.

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Citigroup has helped to
fund the center, and several other major institutions have pledged
support.

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Citigroup is sponsoring and participating in NDAA workshops,
and is working with the NDAA to enhance the transfer between law
enforcement and financial institutions of information vital to
effective prosecution . Attorney's Offices in 13 states -- marked an unprecedented
collaborative effort among civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the
battle against misleading claims and bogus money-making schemes.

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The
results speak for themselves. We want to give identity theft
and fraud-related crimes as much attention as we possibly can by
empowering prosecutors and law enforcement. Postal Inspection Service,
the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice today announced
the results of a joint investigation which generated more than 200 arrests and
other enforcement actions against scam artists who turned the American dream
of running a small business into a costly nightmare.

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Fifty prosecutors from across the
U. Customers deserve protection
from and education about identity fraud, and we will continue to work
on meaningful new ways to address their concerns and deepen our
relationship with them. NDAA has a membership of approximately
7,000, who represent over 30,000 prosecutors.
Just as important, Postal Inspectors have been able to obtain 53 civil
actions that have prevented criminals from collecting additional profits, thus
protecting unknowing consumers from being victimized.S.

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The record-setting sweep cleared 162
homicides, and the arrests of 154 documented gang members and 553 sex
offenders.

PHOTOS/VIDEO AVAILABLE

Photos of actual arrests during the Operation are available at
www. "DAs and law
enforcement face crushing workloads.

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Operation FALCON ("Federal And Local Cops Organized
Nationally"), which took place from April 4th through April 10th, was
an unprecedented cooperative effort among federal, state, and local
law enforcement authorities. "We focused on gang-related crimes, homicides, sexual
assaults, kidnappings, major drug dealers, unregistered sex offenders,
crimes against children and the elderly, and weapons violations ."
On May 4-6 at the Citi Cards facility in Nevada, Citigroup is
sponsoring and participating in the first of many NDAA workshops on
Prosecuting Financial Identity Fraud.

Citigroup (NYSE:C ), the leading global financial services company,
has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than
100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and
institutions with a broad range of financial products and services,
including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment
banking, insurance, securities brokerage, and asset management.

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They then joined our 83 district-based and five regional
fugitive task forces and our three foreign field offices to put over
3,000 law enforcement officers on the street each day," explained
Director Reyna. Sessions will cover current trends in financial
identification fraud, legal process and multi-jurisdictional issues,
maximizing investigative resources and more. The
funding and resources we're providing will help the DAs, Citigroup and
consumers.

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"Operation FALCON is a striking example of what the Marshals
Service does best when apprehending dangerous fugitives," said Ben
Reyna, Director of the Marshals Service.S.
In February, the NDAA created the National Center for Prosecution
of Identity Crime to provide training, research and technical
assistance related to identity-related crime.

Sites and categories about criminals, particular types of crime, or criminal activity, and justice systems .

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National Desks/Criminal Justice Writers

WASHINGTON----Today, United States
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez announced the U.gov, as well as fact sheets on arrests nationwide and
in each of the agency's 94 Districts. will attend.S. And the
crackdown on fraudsters continues.

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S. This is an area that
Citigroup has worked on for many years and it makes sense for us to
share knowledge and leverage resources to deal with the proliferation
of identity theft. "Our
goal is to stop fraud and identity theft. In addition, more than 50,000 pieces of fraud-
prevention material -- in English and in Spanish -- were mailed to law
enforcement, consumer protection agencies, and post offices nationwide.

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